Debate+Assignment

=**Debate Assignment**= Sign up for one of the two debate topics by adding your name to the list. In addition to the two assigned readings listed below the topic, you should locate sources that inform you about the debate topic. You will be assigned to a side in class, and you will have a short amount of time to prepare with your team. Since you don’t know for which side you will be arguing, you should find information that informs your understanding of both sides of the debate.

__Topic 1__ Should we ban “Nigga” from the classroom? 1. Angela Camera 2. Tara Chillemi 3. Shana Goldstein 4. Matt S. Duffy 5.Lauren King 6.Catherine Authenrieth

Akom, A. A. (2000). The house that race built: Some observations on the use of the word //Nigga//, popular culture, and urban adolescent behavior. In L. Weis & M. Fine (Eds.). //Construction sites: Excavating race, class, and gender among urban youth//. New York: TC Press.
 * Readings on E-Reserve **

Schulten, K. (1999). Huck Finn: Born to trouble. //English Journal, 89, 2.// Available online at: []

__Topic 2__ Should English be the official language of the United States? 1. Kristen Sardis 2. Kate Scudellari 3.Edolla Prince 4. Jen Misthal 5. John Vircillo 6. Bryan Cary 7.Robert Alicea 8. Julia Hartman

Baron, D. (2002). Language legislation and language abuse: American language policy through the 1990s. In R. D. Gonzales & I. Melis (Eds.). //Language ideologies: Critical perspectives on the official English movement.// Urbana, IL: NCTE.
 * Readings on E-Reserve **

Chen, E. M. (2001). Statement on the civil liberties implications of official English legislation before the United States Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, December 6, 1995. In R. D. Gonzales & I. Melis (Eds.). //Language ideologies: Critical perspectives on the official English movement.// Urbana, IL: NCTE.